The Daily Novel

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Frannie sat there, unharmed, looking across the room at Dave. With her eyes, she tried to relay her plan. Of course, he couldn’t read her mind, so she sat there in frustration. Charles looked like he was losing it furtherby the minute, and she was afraid for their lives at this point. What did [...]

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
“Help me! If anyone can hear me, call 911! I’m in the closet, can you hear me! I’m at 465 Northrop. Apartment 121! I need help! Apartment 121! Someone’s trying to kill me—” she screamed and sobbed, trying to secure the door with one hand as she talked fast. She had to let go [...]

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Charles had been waiting patiently night after night outside her apartment. This was finally the night that he was going to make his move. The boyfriend had not shown up, and Charles was sure that he wouldn’t.
Charles watched her bathroom light go on. Great! He made a mad dash from his car, raced up [...]

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Pete once again had to drive up to north for a job. He’d made such good contacts up there that his good name was passed around from job site to job site.
Normally, Pete would have been overjoyed, but now it meant leaving Frannie, and he was resenting it more and more. He had to [...]

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Wanda Forlander had the biggest smile on her face. “What’s gotten into you?” asked Frannie as she walked with her to the coffee machine.
“I did what you said! It worked. Oh Frannie, I feel like we’re back where we started. He admitted he was getting turned off by my constant whining and complaints about [...]

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Charles left the hotel and sat in his car fuming. She was absolutely rude to him! Plus now she was engaged! He was taking way too much time dragging his feet on this one. But wait! Maybe this made it all the more challenging? So what if she was engaged? Was he around? Seemed [...]

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
People would think Charles a strange and scary man, he was aware, if they knew his secret passion of following and seducing heavy women. He supposed any normal man would not go to these extremes, but Charles Bartholomew was not your normal man!
He was filthy rich! Rich as they came…and that gave him power. [...]

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
A few days later, Frannie invited Pete over for dinner and to watch a classic old Hepburn movie on cable. She was trying out a new recipe for Mexican pizza.
Pete showed up with a bottle of tequila and a small bottle of Margarita mix. While she prepared the pizza, he prepared the drinks. They [...]

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Pete Lake was pacing about his living room. He was going to leave to get Frannie in thirty minutes. He couldn’t wait to see her. What a flight she’d had! He was supposed to leave for a job today up in Walnut Creek, but he’d put it off until tomorrow so he could retrieve [...]

CHAPTER TEN
Frannie drove down to the hotel in Miami. It was quite a drive, about forty miles from her parents’ home, but she figured she’d be back before dark.
Of all things, they were having a Large Woman’s Seminar in one of the conference rooms. Wasn’t that a hoot? And many men were attending.
Frannie was reading [...]